The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Rauff Hakeem)
Asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media whether the Ministry accepted that it had been misled by an “Expert Committee” in deciding on the cremation policy for COVID-19 deaths, as stated by the State Minister of Indigenous Medicine on 29 November 2022. The question sought confirmation of whether the committee was government-appointed and requested details of its recommendations, appointing authority, mandate, membership, chairperson, meeting schedule, venues, and presiding officials, or reasons if such information was not available.
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Machine-translated from Sinhala / Tamil / English¶ 01 asked the Minister of Health and Mass Media:
¶ 02 (a) Will he inform this House - (i) whether the Minister of Health agrees with the statement made by the State Minister of Indigenous Medicine on 29/11/2022 that the Ministry of Health was misled on its policy decision regarding cremation of COVID-19 deaths by a “Committee of Experts”; and (ii) whether the aforementioned Committee was a Government-appointed committee?
¶ 03 (b) If the above Committee was a Government-appointed committee, will he also inform this House - (i) its recommendations specifically on COVID-19 death disposals; (ii) the appointing authority; (iii) the Terms of Reference and/or mandate; (iv) the names and designations of the members; (v) the name of the Chair; (vi) whether it meets continuously; (vii) if not, the last date it met; (viii) the number of meetings held to date; (ix) the place where the meetings were held; and (x) the names of the individuals who chaired each of the meetings, separately?
¶ 04 (c) If not, why?
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Cite as: The Hon. Gayantha Karunathilleka (on behalf of the Hon. Rauff Hakeem). 10th Parliament, Parliament of Sri Lanka. Hansard, 5 February 2025. No. 1739175806099814. Politick, https://staging.politick.io/lk/speeches/26791